Collar.



A. H. PARSONS.

GOLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1908.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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UNITED STATES; PATENT orrionj names 1:. mesons. or CLEVELAND, 01110. Assr enon re rrrn masons a rnnson s Q COMPANY. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OHIO.

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Specification or Letters Patent- Application filed June 22 1908. Serial 439,753.

r3011. cat-mit may concern: Be it known that I, 'ARTHUR H. lansons, a citizen of the United States, resldmgat Cleveland in thecounty of Cuyahoga and "State of Qhio,

have invented certain new and useful 'Im rovjements-incollars, and do declare that t e following is a full, clear,

' and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it-appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to, improvements in.

collars for neck wear,- and the improvement consists in a collar constructed substantially "as hereinafter shown and described and more, particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the main, the'object is to produce a serviceable collar, one which wlllstand hard usage and have long life.

A large part of the strain to which a collar is put. is at the time of butto-ning and unbuttoning the same,

and in so doing the collar and its buttonhole members are twistf ed and pulled to the detrimentof the collarespecially at the top fold immediately at the meeting front ed es ofthe collar. Tearing or cracking of t ecollar from-.thispoint along the fold line is sure to. occur ina short time,'and this'isv thechief objection in rub-; her or celluloid collarsj'to which this; 'iinprovement particularly "applies, althoughnot necessarlly 'confinedxto' this class'of collars. Then again, as the material-referred to makes a sti collar which does. not readily flex or bend, comparatively speaking, the wearer has difficulty in putting the collar" on, both at the'front and back. y improvement facilitates the buttoning and unbuttoning of the collar both front.

and back, because the buttonhole members are articularly constructed to give perfect freedom flexibility at the points most needed and with a view of preventing tearing and cracking of the collar as aforesaid.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved collar viewed from the fronts- Fig. 2 is a sectionalv view in plan of a portion of a collar and illustrating more particularly the free relation of a bnttonhole member to the front edges where overlapping occurs. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the collar shown in Fig. 1 but viewed from the side. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail and inside face view of a portion of a collar somewhat modified from the when first out the wearer when in use. 5 .The collar- -+2 collars: especially of; the

of operations and a maximum of Patented Mar. is, 1913.

former-views, but illustrative of the buttonto lie and.- bear against the body portion of the collar which comes against the neck of down'yariety, engagmg'portion 3. and an outer wall or turn downport on 4; However, the exact r, invention is not limited to any particularstyle ofcollar, and may even be used to advantage-with so-called stand up kind having wings or'folds at theirjfront ends. In the present instance, innerlwall 3 is slit or cut on line 5 6 back to, a rounded opening at the .re'argofthe collar'andat each side of the rear buttonhOletabS. This tab isjformed out of the r in'ner stock or wall 3- by cutting V shaped-notches. 9 "at' each side of Buttonhole andrelati-vely to a height approximately asfishown the drawings, although the depth ofthe out may be even greater to provide. a morei;fiexible and'fre'e tab '8. The tab shown gives perfect freedom to the fingers when buttoningthe'co'llar fupon the shirt as jitwi ll'fiex inwardsuii'iciently to permit the; fingers to, come between the outer and inner .walls or folds and do their work, thus facili- V 'tating putting-on the cpllar without undue strain to the" parts, and. without hampering or inconveniencing the operator.

attention*i'selirected to the relation hole tabv or extension member as it appears and before being bent upward p shown, is of the lay I having an inner wall or neck -form of collar here shown need not: be followed as the oppositelyonthe collar-rand from front edge ficient engagement may :be" had *withthe neck band of'the shirt and that the button holes 16 therein will coincide and bring 'the' i meeting edges 6 in close proximity and in alinement with each other, especially at the top fold line. Therefore, the greater amount of stock taken up from the inner wall 3 .is used in making said buttonhole members but only at the front thereof, and to this upwardbetween'walls 3 and 4 and lie' flush a y l bel'sl I,v and 15 brought ,very; close to the roundedfold line of the collar, for a pear-- ancesprimarily, butalso toga a su cient end slot "a cut 5 runs downward at an in-.

"front end of the collar by forming a down flange or wall portion 17 with edges 6--, and second, to provide the necessary elasticity' and give at the connecting end of the st.1:i& 12*by. forming neck 11 and whereby sai upon the ,wall Bandbe; su ported thereby. e upper edge 18"of the uttonhole membacking' for the-said members so that the front of thecol lar' will fitJthe-neck band and neck of thewearer ,andjconform to the curves. or lines thereof The members 14 audit) when raised are-permanentlysecured; 1 in this position'byf cement, preferably, the

stippledportion'indicated by 19 on Fig. 4 showing the relative areafjcovered by the cement. 7

It is quite essential to ha-ve afixed attach- ,ment of thesti'ip 12 to the collar body other than the integral connection by neck '11 and especially at or- 7, near v the free or buttonhole end, and this is obtained by the cement union referred fto. However, any other fastening means may beused in place thereof, or may supplement the same if desired." Now as to this union, it iwillbe especially noted that a portion ofthe overlapping parts are left free-from each "other some distance back strip and especially the front buttonhole extension thereof may be carried from edge '6 and extending to the edge.

This may be even more than shown, and its purpose is-toprovide perfect freedom for the manipulation of the button-hole ends,

and also and the more important, to prevent abrasion. wear. and strain upon the collar at the fold corner at edge 6.

In the making of the various styles of collars called for by. the trade and public, the lines of the tabs or button-h0le extensions would be variousl different conditions, an this is especiall true of the bottom line of'the tabs whic rest upon and against the shirt, and depending whether either a high or lowcollar is wanted. But this will not affect the salient and material features of the invention, and

therefore, no limitations as to such details is' intended.

What I claim .is L

L A collar having buttonhole tabs severed modified to meet.

from the lower portion thereof inward from its ends and integral therewith and having a roundedopening at the inner ends of sai lines of severance, and said tabs overlapped along their cut edges and lying in approximately their original relation to the collar from end to end.

2. A collar and integral tabs thereon sev-- ered therefrom along their up from the front transverse edges 0 the col ar [to their inner ends, and said tabs raised in respect to said line of severance butotherwise sustaining their original relation to the collar. 7

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

' ARTHUR H. PARSONS. Witnesses: E. M. FISHER, v F. C. Mnssun.

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